The IKV Deathwing - the latest result of the Klingons' inferiority complex when it comes to battleships:
I started this project over 2 years ago with one of my first fully scratchbuilt models, the original Deathwing (picture a boxier, disproportionate, hastily built model using stock Taldren textures). I've been trying my hand at redesigning and 'wickedizing' her for the past few months and never really got anywhere. That is of course until Atolm and I started discussing a Klingon ship big enough to counter another project we were working on and that inspired him to design the Bat'leth class. His original intention was for it to be the Deathwing but it wasn't exactly what I'd had in mind for the big DW so I took one last shot at the concept myself. There aren't a lot of TNG era Klingons out there, especially the big ones so I've had to improvise on most of it, though I did seek inspiration from other's designs to get an idea of where I wanted to go with it. I think, for the most part, this beast is how I had envisioned her (though I never really had a set idea of what it looked like exactly other than it having a large, 'W' shaped wingspan and being badass big) and I may very well have broken out of my usual string of doing variants of preexisting ships. I haven't exactly had a lot of luck with my own designs in the past, of course a modeler is his own worst critic (though probably not the most tactless
). The reason I was so critical about this one is because it plays a major role in my still-work-in-progress fiction series and I wanted it to be just right. I don't normally write much regarding the design process but I intend to go more in-depth about this ship and a lot of my others once the new Articles/Fiction section is up at DRS.
As usual, all the compatible SFC versions are included with this beaut, along with a hardpoint sheet and blank wing textures. I also put a bit more time into the SFC3 specs, giving her more leeway in regards to weapons loadout and systems space. She might not be able to nuke a Scimitar but she can give most other ships a run for their money.
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